The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been presented to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral high frequency hearing loss, thus denying the reopening of the claim.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to support the claim of service connection for bilateral high frequency hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral high frequency hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2005
- Citation
- 0511822
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